St. Mary's Church, Mildenhall, Suffolk, England (video tour)

St. Mary's Church in Mildenhall is a beautiful 15th Century building. It is open year round and admission is free. There is a donation box at the entrance that you may leave donations in. All money goes towards the care and upkeep of the church. Occasionally they do "Tower Tours" where you can take a guided tour up the bell tower. Those tours usually have a very small admission fee which also goes towards the church.
Jenkins awarded the church 4 stars in his 'England's Thousand Best Churches'
This Suffolk church contains the altar tomb of Henry Barton, Lord Mayor of London in 1416 and 1428 and the font bears his coat of arms. Dick Whittington was Lord Mayor before and after Sir Henry.
A magnificent porch with vaulted roof - the largest in Suffolk
Spectacular 15th century roof filled with angels taking flight.
Among some of the finest medieval wood carving in England.
Huge and flamboyant east window dating back to 1300 and now filled with beautiful 19th century glass.
Extraordinary carvings on the 20th century bench ends.
Perhaps because of the rather low key nature of the town centre, St Mary dominates its surrounding settlement like no other church in Suffolk does. You can't help but be struck by the sheer immenseness of the building. It is the biggest church in Suffolk, almost 60m long and 20m wide, with a tower 40m high. Virtually all of it is original, hardly anything of it is a Victorian extension. It is a church of superlatives; the 14th century west window is considered one of England's best, the roof the finest in East Anglia. The church contains Britain's biggest Royal Arms, and you enter through one of the biggest church porches in England - and you will be able to do this, because the church is open all day, every day.
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[@christinethornhill]

Thank you so much for highlighting this extraordinary church. I also live in Suffolk, but have not yet had the opportunity to visit , as is so often the case for many of us ! The entire county has a wealth of amazing churches, some areas more than others. Thank heaven they were spared during the time of King Henry’s reformation. Many were not. Hope you continue to travel and enjoy your time here. 🙏🏼❤️

[@gemmahazlett679]

Cool

[@mikesaunders4775]

A really good film highlighting so much that we take for granted over here. Well researched and coherently presented,it deserves a lot more views.

[@americanabby9852]

Thank you. I am making these as much for myself as I am other people. I know when we go back to the states, this is the kind of stuff I'll miss.

[@stevetaylor8698]

If you are out walking in the UK, churches are very useful. Given the often cloudy and dismal weather, you can always get a compass bearing from a church as they are aligned East to West - the East end has the altar, the West end the tower.

[@peteg3826]

What a great video. A nice sunny day too.Thank you for posting.

[@matthewkerschen4293]

Awesome video!!!

[@terryparnell520]

Ooooh! St Mary’s....love the angel roof churches of East Anglia. You’re giving me a hankering to go back.

[@casmatori]

That'd be a nice place to get married

[@tanyano9]

Nice video Abby, just seems very odd to me as an Englishman who doesn't use metric and having to try and work out the church dimentions in feet, yet posted in metric by an American....☺️

[@americanabby9852]

I wouldn't know what I was talking about without google and a calculator :)

[@tanyano9]

@@americanabby9852 That makes two of us....😉

[@casmatori]

@@americanabby9852 You can measure in feet and inches. People in the UK don't really use metric for everyday measurements